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JAMES JOREY, OF WESTVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 88,304, dated Ma/rch 30, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-SHOES.

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` nection with the accompanying diawiugs, hereinatter referred to, formsa full and exact specitication of the same, wherein I have set forth thenature and principle of my said improvement, by which my invention maybe dlstinguished from all others of a similar class,

together with such parts as I claim, and desire to have secured to me byLetters Patent.

This inveution relates to a new and useful improvelment in that class ofhorse-shoes which are provided with adj ustable or removable calks; and

.[t consists in having the calk, clamp, and a'clip, all combined in onepiece, and made out of a single piece of metal, substant-ially as'hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby considerable economy isefl'eeted in manufacturing horse-shoes of the kind above specified, and,at the same time, a very secure connect-ion of the calk, clip, andclamp, to the shoe, obtained.

y In the accompanying sheet of diawings- Figure 1 is a longitudinalVertical section of my invention.

Figura 2, a fear-end view of the same.

Figurc 3, a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severaldrawings. i

A represeuts a horse-shoe, which is bent in the usual form, or shape,but has no calks or clips permanently attached or t'ormed on it.

B represents what may be termed a` clam p, constructed of a flat plate,(t, bcnt npward at its rear end, as shown at b, and having a downwardprojection, c,

'at its front end, the pendent projection c forming the front, ortoe-calk of the shoe.

Besides this pendent projection, there is an upright one. d, directlyabove and in line with o.

This npright projection is a clip, which, when the shoe is attached tothe foot of the horse, bears against the front side, or wall of thehoof, and serves to retain, or aid in retaining the shoe in properposition.

Hitherto, this clip has been made on the shoe, and permanently connectedthcrewith, either by striking,

or swaging np a portion of the shoe. This adds materially to the laborand expense of manufacture. By my improvement, the calk, clip, andclamp, are all made and formed in one piece, sepalate from the shoe.This may he done by means of a swage, or by rolling, at a very moderateexpense.

The clamp B is fitted to the under side of the shoe, and secured theretoby a screw, e, the front and rear 'sides of the shoe being notched out,as shown at f, the front notch receiving thelower part of the clip d,and the rear one receiving the upper part of the pmjection b, at therear end of the plate a of the clamp.

' By this arrangement, all latem-l movement of the calk, clip, andclamp, is prevented, and forward and backward displacement of the sameavoidedLby the clip bearing against the front edge of the shoe, and theupright projection b of the plate a of the clamp bearing against therear edge of the shoe, the screw e holding the clamp firmly to the underside of the shoe.

the toe-calks of horse-shoes, the heel-calks having clips and clampsformed in one piece with them, substantially the same as described forthe toe-calk.

I do not claim a removable or detachable calk for a. horse-shoe, forthey have been previously used and arranged, or applied in various ways;neither do I claim a clip in itself considered, for they have been usedfor an indefinite period, but al\vays,-so far as I .am aware, swaged, orstruck up from the shoe, and,,consequently, permancntly attachedthereto, or forming a part of the same.

I do not claim, broadly, forming the calk, clip, and plate, to whichthey are attached, in one piece, as such construction is old; but,

What I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- Theplate B, provided with oalk c and clip l,on the forward end, and clamp bon the rear end, all constructed in one piece, and fitted between'theshoulder fon the shoe, and securedto the latter by means of the screw e,as herein set forth and shown.

JAMES J GREY.

Witnesses:v

Gamma!! Monsn,

This invention is applicable to the heel as well as to'

